Nursery Bedding & Furniture

Nursery Furniture...

Nursery Bedding...

Well, as soon as I found out we are having a precious girl, anyone that knows me knows I am a decorating fool! I love it! Jarrett and I decided we would do our girl's room in pink and chocolate (very much the rage right now) and I've had a ton of people ask me about bedding, furniture, etc... so I wanted to post links to the stuff we are going to get! I am hoping to have the nursery done before Jan. 1st... but we'll see! I will post pictures of the room coming together before our precious little gal arrives!!

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Sweet baby....GIRL !!! Here's a profile pic!

Jarrett and I had our second trimester check up and ultrasound on Friday, Sept. 25. We got our Quad screen test results back (tests for Down Syndrome, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, etc..) and we are happy to report they came back negative. Our Girl (yay!) weighs approximately 12 ounces, and has been busy growning and moving!! Mommy's blood pressure was nice and low and weight gain was right on target (8 lbs total), although I feel like I've gained much, much more... and to think I am only half way done!

I think I felt her moving last week, and this week I have been feeling the same light, tapping/fluttering, unlike anything I've felt before! I was laying in bed last week before bed and reading and I told Jarrett, "I think I just felt her move!" I was laying on my back and waited for a few minutes and felt it again! It was so exciting and awe-inspiring to know that a precious living, little person is growing and changing every day. God is so Good!

The last few days it seems like she is active in the afternoons around 2 or 3pm and at night right before bed... usually around 9:30 or 10pm. I am looking forward to the day that Jarrett will be able to feel her too! Jarrett and I have been working on names... to begin with we had over forty, and now we've narrowed it down to 3. We are trying out one of the names each day (calling her by that name when we refer to her) and are (slowly!) narrowing it down to one, perfect special name for our perfect, special little girl!

Bring on the Skittles!

I wanted to post a funny craving I'd been having lately... Skittles! Specifically, Wild Berry or Tropical Fruit flavored! I was getting the car washed the other day and I was getting ready to pay for it at the check stand when I saw the skittles. I haven't had skittles in YEARS and I thought, "That sounds pretty good!" And so the obsession started! Jarrett bought me skittles the other day and hid them in my purse (sweet guy) knowing I was on a kick!

This is a strange phenomenon, because I am usually a chocolate person when I want dessert. And lately, I have been opting for salty/sour/sweet, and have not been too excited about dessert- so strange for me because I live for dessert at the end of a meal! On the other hand, I have also been eating some pretty strange stuff (for me at least). Yesterday I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and put crushed up Ruffles potato chips in it... yum right? LOL! This little baby has some strange food preferences! I wonder if his or her favorite candy will be Skittles when they get older? LOL :)

Baby Fisher's gender is still a mystery!!

Jarrett and I had an early morning Dr.'s appointment on Monday morning for our check up and ultrasound. We were so disappointed to find out while we were in the waiting room that their ultrasound machine wasn't working!! I guess over the weekend there were some power outages and something shorted out. They were going to have a tech come and fix it, but it wouldn't be until later that day. As much as we liked getting in to the Dr.'s early with no wait, I think in the future we will not schedule an appointment on a Monday morning! My blood work hadn't come in from the lab, and the machine was broken!! We just have to laugh about the whole thing- especially since I am the least patient person in the world! LOL. Other than that, the baby is growing well! I gained only 3lbs. since my last appointment, which was a shock because I have been eating like a pig since the morning sickness went away! The Dr. was able to measure the baby's heartbeat with a hand-held doppler, and it was 140 bpm. After our exam, the Dr. said that he thinks we are doing great and said we could come back later for the ultrasound, or we could wait until the next appointment. Because of this crazy time with Jarrett's job and me subbing, we decided we are just going to wait for our next appointment to find out the gender, Sept. 24th, and pray that our little girl/guy and technology cooperates!!

15 Weeks...and Growing!

Everything has been going great, but busy. Jarrett has been swamped with work because the students return to Pepperdine next week. I have been getting ready to substitute teach this fall and enjoying the last few days of summer. Our next Dr.'s appointment is on Monday, August 24th and we will post new ultrasound pics. We are hoping (fingers crossed) if the baby cooperates we might be able to find out if we are having a boy or girl! We honestly do not have any preference, we fill so blessed by God with this miracle and will love our girl or boy just the same!

Walking

I am excited to report that I am finally feeling more like myself again and my energy has returned. Before I began feeling like I was getting the flu (i.e. baby on board) I was going to the gym at 5:45am and on the eliptical three or four times a week. I was a little afraid to work out as hard as I was before, so I though I would begin with walking when the weather is good, and doing the eliptical (very slowly) on bad weather days. Today was a gorgeous day in Malibu- 72 degrees and breezy and a good day to begin my exercising! I went to the Pepperdine track and walked seven laps... I thought I had been out there for a hour; nope, only thirty minutes. LOL. I was really excited to finally use my ipod (Thanks Dad!) I got for graduation. I felt so great afterwards, and am excited to do it again and hopefully, gain some laps!

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